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LeBron James sent Toronto into summer vacation for the third
straight season as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a series sweep of the
Raptors with a 128-93 win in Game 4 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

James finished with 29 points Roger Lewis
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the bench during Cleveland’s 10th straight playoff win over Toronto, which
changed its system, its roster and its approach but still can’t beat the game’s
best player.

Kevin Love added 23 points and J.R. Smith 15 for the Cavs, who can now rest
while waiting for the Boston-Philadelphia semifinal series to end.

Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 and Kyle Lowry had 10 assists to lead the
exasperated Raptors. Toronto’s frustration hit its peak late in the third when
All-Star DeMar DeRozan was ejected for a flagrant foul.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – T.J. McConnell turned a surprise start into the save of
the season and Dario Saric scored 25 points to help the 76ers stave off
elimination with a 103-92 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4.

The Sixers still face daunting odds headed into Game 5 and trailing 3-1 in
the Eastern Conference semifinals: No NBA team has ever won a series down
3-0.

McConnell had a career-high 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists in
only his second start of the season and meshed well in the backcourt with Ben
Simmons. The crowd chanted ”TJ! TJ!” each time he touched the ball in the fourth
and proved why he has been so valuable even as bigger stars have sliced his
playing time.

With NBA teams down 3-0 having lost all 129 series, the Sixers may need more
than spirit to pull off this stunner.

Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 20 points and Marcus Morris had 17.

DETROIT (AP) – After four seasons of mostly mediocre results, the Detroit
Pistons are moving on without Stan Van Gundy.

He won’t return as president of basketball operations and he isn’t staying on
as Detroit’s coach, either.

Van Gundy held both those roles for four years Donald Trump
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they made the playoffs only once during his tenure, in 2016, and the team
announced his departure.

The Pistons went 39-43 this season, missing the playoffs for the third time
in four years under Van Gundy. They’ve made the postseason just once in the past
nine seasons, and even a blockbuster trade for Blake Griffin wasn’t enough to
salvage 2017-18.

The Pistons went 152-176 over the past four seasons under Van Gundy, and his
personnel decisions have come under more criticism than his coaching.

NHL

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Evgeny Kuznetsov’s breakway goal 5:27 into overtime gave
the Washington Capitals a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6, and a
berth in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 20 years.

Kuznetsov took a lead pass from Alexander Ovechkin and tucked the puck by
Matt Murray to end Pittsburgh’s two-year reign as Stanley Cup champions and
propel the Capitals into the NHL’s final four for just the third time in
franchise history.

Braden Holtby stopped 21 shots for the Capitals, who will face Tampa Bay in
the Eastern Conference finals. Alex Chiasson scored his first playoff goal in
four years during a taut Michael
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Kris Letang scored for the Penguins and Murray finished with 28 saves but
couldn’t close his legs fast enough to stop Kuznetsov’s forehand flick from in
close as Pittsburgh’s bid at becoming the first team in 35 years to win three
consecutive Cups came to an abrupt end.

PREDATORS 4, JETS 0

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist, Pekka
Rinne stopped 34 shots for his second shutout of the playoffs, and the Nashville
Predatos beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-0 to force a decisive Game 7 in their Western
Conference semifinal series.

Viktor Arvidsson also scored twice, including a late empty-netter, and added
an assist for the Predators. Roman Josi and Ryan Johansen each had two
assists.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 25 shots for the Jets.

Game 7 is Thursday at Nashville, Tennessee Lavonte
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Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference final.

This back-and-forth series has yet to see a team win consecutive games.

BASEBALL

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – George Springer went 6 for 6 with a home run to match
a Houston record as the Astros routed the Oakland Athletics 16-2.

Last year’s World Series MVP doubled and scored in the first inning, hit a
three-run homer in the second and then singled and scored in the fourth. Needing
a triple for the cycle, he reached on infield singles in the fifth and seventh
before adding a fourth single up the middle in the ninth.

Springer’s batting average jumped from .264 to .292. He became the second
player in team history to go 6 for 6 and the first to do it in a nine-inning
game. Hall of Famer Joe Morgan accomplished the feat in a 12-inning game against
the Milwaukee Braves on July 8, 1965.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – San Francisco pitcher Johnny Cueto will be sidelined for
six-to-eight weeks because of a strained right elbow and will not have Tommy
John surgery.

The 32-year-old right-hander was examined by Dr. James Andrews in Gulf
Breeze, Florida. Cueto will undertake rest and rehabilitation.

Cueto is 3-0 with a 0.84 ERA in five starts. He on the disabled list for the
second time this season. He missed two starts after spraining his left ankle in
early April.

NFL

NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL players’ union has filed a non-injury grievance on
behalf of free agent safety Eric Reid.

The NFLPA c Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves in his fourth shutout of the
playoffs and the expansion Vegas Golden Knights are headed to the Western
Conference Final in their inaugural season after beating the San Jose Sharks 3-0
in Game 6 of their second-round series Sunday.

Jonathan Marchessault opened the scoring, Nate Schmidt added an insurance
goal that was only detectable by replay and Cody Eakin sealed it with an
empty-netter to help Vegas become just the third team in NHL history to win
multiple series in its first season.

The Toronto Arenas won the Stanley Cup in the first postseason in league
history in 1918 and St. Louis won two rounds to win the all-expansion West
Division in 1968.

Next up for Fleury and Vegas will be the Western Conference Final against
either Winnipeg or Nashville. The Jets lead that series 3-2 heading into Game 6
on Monday night.

LIGHTNING 3, BRUINS 1

TAMPA Chris Wormley
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second-period goals, helping Tampa Bay advance to the Eastern Conference final
for the third time in four years.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots – 14 in the final period – for the
Lightning, who rebounded from losing the series opener at home to eliminate the
Bruins in five games.

David Krejci scored in the final minute of the first period to give Boston a
1-0 lead that Point erased with his unassisted goal at 10:43 of the second.

Miller’s power-play goal broke the tie less than four minutes later, and
Anton Stralman added an empty-netter with 1:29 remaining to end any chance for a
Boston comeback.

One day after being put ”on notice” by the NHL for licking Lightning forward
Ryan Callahan during Friday night’s overtime loss in Game 4, there were no more
such incidents involving Bruins winger Brad Marchand, who also made headlines
after appearing to lick Toronto’s Leo Komarov in the first round.